Emperor of the Sea
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| Also known as | Sea God |
| Format | Drama |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| No. of episodes | 51 |
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| Producer(s) | Kang Il Soo Kang Byung Taek |
| Running time | Wednesdays and Thursdays at 9:50 p.m |
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| Original channel | KBS2 |
| Original run | November 24 2004 – May 25 2005 |
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| Hangul | 해신 |
| Hanja | 海神 |
| Revised Romanization | Hae-sin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hae-sin |
Emperor of the Sea (해신 Hae-sin, lit. Sea God) is a 51 episode South Korean epic drama that aired in 2004 on KBS2. The show focuses on the life of famous historical figure, Jang Bogo (장보고), who was born a slave but rose to the highest ranks of Silla society. The show was received extremely well, holding the number one spot in the ratings for the majority of the weeks it aired.
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[edit] Credits
[edit] Cast
- Choi Soo Jong as Jang Bogo/Goong Bok
- Baek Sung Hyun as young Goong Bok / Jang Bo Go
- Chae Shi-ra as Madam Jami
- Song Il Gook as Yeom Moon
- Hong Hyun Ki as young Yeom Jang
- Akech Juma Kabiero as Kbr Jum Nam
- Soo Ae as Jung Hwa
- Lee Yeon-hee as young Jung Hwa
- Kim Heung Soo as Jeong Nyeon
- Ahn Jae Hong as young Jung Nyeon
- Chae Jung-an as Lady Chae Ryeong
- Kim Kap-su as Lee Do Hyeong
- Lee Won Jong as Choi Moo Chang
- Park Yeong-gyu (박영규) as Seol Pyeong
- Jo Dal Hwan as Lee Soon Jong (Jang Bo Go and Jung Nyeon's friend)
- Heo In Beom (허인범) as young Soon Jong
- Lee Hee Do as Mak Bong (Soon Jong's dad)
- Jung Sung Hwan as Chang Kyeom (Jung Hwa's brother)
- Kang Sung Pil as Joong Dal
- Jung Ho Geun as Dae Chi
- Park Jung Hak as Neung Chang
- Go Do Young as Da Bok
- Lee Eun Hye as young Da Bok
- Kim Ah-joong as Baek Ha Jin
- Kil Yong Woo as Kim Woo Jing
- Seo Do Young as Moo Jin (Jung Hwa's Bodyguard)
- Choi Sang Gil (최상길) as Cheon Tae
- Kim Hyo Won (김효원) as Yoo Ja Seong
- Lee Jae Yong as Master Jo Jang Gil
- Kim Hyung Bum as Tae Bong (Lady Ja Mi's security officer)
- Do Ki Suk as Jang Seong Pil
- Bae Soo Bin as Kim Yang
- Go Myung Hwan as Pan Sool (one of Master Yi's men)
- Yeo Ho Min as Baek Kyung (Yeom Jang's subordinate)
- Park In Hwan as (Bo Go's father, cameo ep.1-2)
- Shim Eun-kyung
- Seo Jin Wook
- Bae Seul Gi
- Lee Ji Eun
- Seo Bum Yul (서범열)
- Jo Seung Yun (조승연)
- Lim Byung Gi (임병기)
- Song Ji Eun
- Seo Bum Shik
- Baek So Mi
- Kim Sung Hoon
[edit] Staff
- Screenwriter: Jung Jin Ok (정진옥)/Hwang Joo Ha (황주하)
- Producer: Kang Il Soo (강일수)/Kang Byung Taek (강병택)
[edit] Series synopsis
Based on the life of a true historical figure, Emperor of the Sea is an epic Korean Drama based on a novel by author Choi In Ho. Choi Soo Jong stars as Jang Bogo, who rises from a lowly slave to the military commander of the sea during the Unified Silla Dynasty (676~935). Along the way, he battles pirates, and engages in a heated rivalry with Madam Jami, a Shilla noble who squares off against Jang Bo Go for trade rights in the South Sea. Song Il Gook, winner of the 2002 KBS New Actor award, is Yeomjang, Jang Bo Go's charismatic comrade, who supports Jang in his ascension to The Emperor of the Sea. But Yeomjang competes with Jang for the love of Jeong-hwa.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Jang Bogo
Jang Bogo is an historical figure who virtually dominated the seas of the East Asia (hence name Sea God or Emperor of the Sea) and international trade from Tang China and Japan to the North China sea during the time of Unified Shilla Dynasty.
Goong Bok starts from lowest social class as a slave on the docks of Cheonghae. Goong Bok lost his mother to pirates when he was young. His farther was a slave carpenter of the police office of Cheonghae. Working hard in the rough docks, Goong Bok soon masters the sea and has the knack of building ships. Faced with challenges, he becomes calmer and bolder. Both Goong Bok and Nyeon learns the martial arts from Choi Muchang. Such character has helped him to rise from a gladiator to a security guard, military head of Muryongun and then ambassador of Cheonghae. As a part of this, he eliminated the pirates by installing Cheonghae-Jin on Wando Peninsula, which is a geographically important sea route. With his clever battle strategies, he is able to defeat the Army led by Madam Jami & install the true ruler of Korea. However, even after repeated request by the King, he refuses the high positions. After the KIng is assassinated by Kim Yang, he prepares the army to lead a final assault & remove the corrupt ministers appointed by Kim Yang.
At the end, Consul Jang Bogo is fatally stabbed in his office with a concealed knife by Yeom Jang. Jang Bogo accepts his death without any resistance, and his body is found at midnight by his mate Nyeon, Choi Muchang and Janghwa. Even after his death, His army fights to the last men as a mark of respect.
[edit] Yeom Moon
Yeom Jang (born Yeom Moon) is another historical figure and the charismatic rival of Jang Bogo and competes to win love from the same woman against Jang Bogo.
Raised by pirates, Yeom Jang is capable of using short knives in a remarkable skill and accuracy. He is captured by Jang Bogo, & his awarded the most ruthless punishment by burning his forehead with a mark. He is eventually released from prison by Kim Yang. For this, he trains Kim Yang's men in Martial arts & leads the assault against Madam Jami's men, when they temporary reconcile with Jang Bogo. Post war, he is appointed the head of King's body guards. Unwanting he participates in the assassination of the King. With War looming against Jang Bogo, he plans a visit to chongehae to defuse the situation & promising Kim yang, if need arise he will assassinate him, provide Kim spares Jang Bogo's wife & the people of Silla. During Meeting, he tries his best to deviate Jang from his attack, but Jang had made his mind, to end the in effective & corrupt ministers in the King's cabinet. In the end, he betrays Jang Bogo and kills him.
He receives a jolt after the assassination, when Kim Yang launches an attack on shilla & he is imprisoned by Kim Yang. He escapes from Kim Yang's custody & helps Jung hwa escape the massacre. He is killed by a shower of arrows fired by Kim Yang's army.
[edit] Madam Jami
Madam Jami, fine and accurate woman in a world's shilla business. A story portrays her in different segments. First as a destiny player of Lady Junhwa's Fate. But also the story goes far by showing how her grudges towards Jang Bogo results to her fall. The Story regards to madam Jami ends in tragic.
[edit] Akech Juma
The story portrays him as best betrayer who did misdeed to Madam Jami.Apart from being that way Akech also leads to expose of Madam Jami wrong doing to the Imperial City court.
[edit] Jung Hwa
Jung Hwa is Jang Bogo‘s love interest.
[edit] Episode guide
[edit] Awards
The film managed to earn many awards at 2005 KBS Drama Acting Awards. The drama is one of the dramas of 2005 who said to have been "decorating 2005 KBS Acting Awards ceremony".
- 2005 KBS Drama Acting Awards : Top Excellence Acting Award 최우수상 (Choi Soo Jong)
- 2005 KBS Drama Acting Awards : Best Actress 우수상 (Soo Ae)
- 2005 KBS Drama Acting Awards : Best Actor 우수상 (Song Il Gook)
- 2005 KBS Drama Acting Awards : Best Couple Award (Song Il Gook and Soo Ae)
- 2005 KBS Drama Acting Awards : Most Popular Actor Award (Song Il Gook)
- 2005 KBS Drama Acting Awards : Best Betrayer Award([Akech Juma])
[edit] See also
- List of Korea-related topics
- List of Korean television shows
- Contemporary culture of South Korea
- History of Korea
- Unified Silla
